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Tate And Lyle Plc, Tate & Lyle

Food & Beverage in United Kingdom. Approximate location 51.50152, 0.04717.

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Tate And Lyle Plc, Tate & Lyle is a food & beverage plant in United Kingdom with a reported capacity of 3,235,309,241 USD. It processes food, beverages or tobacco — typically with boilers, cookers and dryers. By capacity it ranks #8 of 197 food & beverage plants tracked in United Kingdom. It emits about 111,279 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 25,939 cars.

111,279t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#32CO₂ rank in United Kingdom

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38481048.

En contexte: comment cette installation se compare

À 3,235,309,241 USD, Tate And Lyle Plc, Tate & Lyle est bien au-dessus de la médiane des food & beverage plant en United Kingdom (570,732,593 USD). Sous-secteur: food-beverage-tobacco. Comme food & beverage plant, elle nécessite une chaleur de procédé intensive (typiquement 80–200°C) pour ses opérations industrielles essentielles — chaleur qui doit être fournie par des chaudières, fours ou combustion directe, et les pertes par les récipients et tuyauteries non isolés représentent du combustible gaspillé. L'isolation modulaire amovible peut réduire ces pertes de 80–96%, refroidissant les surfaces à ≤45°C, avec des délais d'amortissement souvent inférieurs à 2 ans. Les usines alimentaires et de boissons utilisent des chaudières, cuiseurs, pasteurisateurs et sécheurs qui fonctionnent en continu; la perte de chaleur par les tuyauteries et récipients non isolés réduit directement le débit et l'efficacité.

Comparaison de capacité et d'intensité de CO₂ calculée à partir des données des installations industrielles Climate TRACE; rôle du secteur basé sur la référence d'ingénierie.

What 111,279 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's reported annual CO₂e in the everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

25,939cars driven for a year
14,512homes' annual energy use
1,854,650tree seedlings grown 10 years

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest food & beverage plants in United Kingdom

Wissington Sugar Factory : 9,647,633,864 USD9.6BWissington…Bury St Edmunds Sugar Factory : 8,161,140,429 USD8.2BBury St Ed…Lacpatrick Dairies (Ni) Ltd: 5,508,769,789 USD5.5BLacpatrick…Girvan Dist, Grangestone Ind Est, Girvan: 4,809,243,467 USD4.8BGirvan Dis…Trafford Park Wheat Milling Plant: 4,255,451,795 USD4.3BTrafford P…Tate & Lyle Uk Limited, The Refinery, Greenwich: 3,818,247,843 USD3.8BTate & Lyl…Cantley Sugar Factory: 3,526,778,542 USD3.5BCantley Su…Tate And Lyle Plc, Tate & Lyle: 3,235,309,241 USD3.2BTate And L…

Reported capacity (USD), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Local climate

Tate And Lyle Plc, Tate & Lyle sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 51.5°N in the northern hemisphere.

~11°Ctypical annual mean
~18°Ctypical warm-season
Temperate oceanic: four distinct seasons — cold winters and warm summers

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

How it compares & nearby sites

The #8 largest of 197 food & beverage plants in United Kingdom by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

Location

Coordinates 51.50152, 0.04717. View on OpenStreetMap.

Heat loss & insulation profile

A food & beverage plant like this runs hot equipment that sheds heat continuously: cookers & kettles, pasteurisers, CIP hot-water sets, dryers, steam lines, tanks, valves (surface/process temperatures around 70–200 °C). These surfaces lose energy to the air year-round; removable modular insulation cuts that loss, brings outer surfaces to ≤45 °C, and unclips for inspection.

very wide by site size; many bare low-temp surfaces (CIP, steam, pasteurisation) - often toward upper end.

Indicative recoverable energy

On an already-insulated site (pipes & valves in cladding / jackets), closing the remaining gaps, flanges and damaged sections and switching to removable covers indicatively recovers about 7,000 MWh/yr (≈ 1,400 t CO₂/yr) — scaled to this site's reported CO₂ within its sector. Bare or damaged surfaces recover several times more.

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Indicative, not a measurement. Conservative floor for an already-insulated plant; a TIPCHECK on-site audit gives a measured figure. Industry context: EiiF TIPCHECK — industrial insulation can save ~14 Mtoe/yr in EU, payback typically <2 years.

Safety & the no-regret first step

Bare hot surfaces here exceed the touch-safe limit (EN ISO 13732-1); insulation to ≤45 °C is a worker-safety and compliance win. And before electrification, fuel-switching or CCS, eliminating surface heat loss is the cheapest, fastest, lowest-risk step — audit the bare spots first, rip-and-replace later.

United Kingdom: funding & obligation

Funding. Grants for industrial energy efficiency / deep decarbonization in England, Wales, NI; min grant lowered to GBP 75k for SMEs.

Obligation. Mandatory for 'large undertakings': >=250 employees OR turnover >GBP 36M and balance sheet >GBP 18M. Qualification date 31 Dec 2026; compliance notification by 5 Dec 2027. (applies as a rule above the stated threshold — we don't hold this site's metered energy use).

Verified 2026; confirm current scheme terms before applying.

Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is Tate And Lyle Plc, Tate & Lyle?

Tate And Lyle Plc, Tate & Lyle is a food & beverage plant in United Kingdom. It processes food, beverages or tobacco — typically with boilers, cookers and dryers.

What is the capacity of Tate And Lyle Plc, Tate & Lyle?

Tate And Lyle Plc, Tate & Lyle has a reported capacity of 3,235,309,241 USD.

How much CO₂ does Tate And Lyle Plc, Tate & Lyle emit?

Tate And Lyle Plc, Tate & Lyle emits about 111,279 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 25,939 cars. That ranks #32 among tracked facilities in United Kingdom.

Where is Tate And Lyle Plc, Tate & Lyle located?

Tate And Lyle Plc, Tate & Lyle is in United Kingdom, near coordinates 51.50152, 0.04717.

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